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Teaching experience – 26 years. Students’ level ranges from beginners to players with 2400 ELO (IMs as well).My mom Nadezhda Fokin (Israeli Women’s Champion, 3rd board in 1992 Chess Olympiad, Soviet Women’s Master) charges US$ 20 for 1 hour (payments via my PayPal e-mail – [email protected]).
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Easy improvement – detailed analysis of your games done by an International Master. I charge US$ 10 per game or US$ 35 for 5 games. Analysis can be sent by pgn, html, cbv formats.
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Send US$ 5 to [email protected] on Paypal and get 10 game fragments on middlegame/endgame every week. Studying these themes helps to find plans, ideas, build strategies 15-35 moves into the game. It is very important to study these themes as the middlegame is where most players get into time pressure or just cannot find a plan. Material can be sent in pgn, cbv, html, pdf formats.
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Want to learn to play the middlegame or endgame well?
I have a collection of over 40 thousand examples. It is very important to study these themes as the middlegame is where most players get into time pressure or just cannot find a plan.
Prices: each annotated example costs 20 cents, so 10 examples cost 2 euros, etc. Send payment to [email protected] on PayPal to get the examples by e-mail in cbv, pgn, html formats.Special price for middlegame books with very interesting verbal explanations
My first chess book, “The Very Unusual Book About Chess” – ONLY 15 euros with postage and packaging included. Detailed explanation of tactical methods.
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Tuesday Quiz
Reykjavik Open 2015
L’ami beat Mamedyarov and is a sole leader with 6.5 points out of 7.
Top results of the 7th round
1 GM L’ami Erwin 2605 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2756
2 GM Fier Alexandr 2601 5½ 0 – 1 5 GM Eljanov Pavel 2727
3 GM Stefansson Hannes 2560 5 0 – 1 5 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E 2646
4 GM Naroditsky Daniel 2633 5 1 – 0 5 GM Gao Rui 2533
5 IM Gunnarsson Jon Viktor 2443 5 0 – 1 5 GM Hansen Eric 2566
6 IM Georgiadis Nico 2468 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Melkumyan Hrant 2676
7 GM Movsesian Sergei 2665 4½ 1 – 0 4½ IM Bekker-Jensen Simon 2462
8 IM Petrov Nikita 2435 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2651
9 IM Wang Yiye 2433 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Jones Gawain C B 2642
10 GM Thorhallsson Throstur 2428 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Gupta Abhijeet 2625
Top players after 7 rounds
1 GM L’ami Erwin NED 2605 0 6.5
2 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2727 0 6.0
3 GM Naroditsky Daniel U20 USA 2633 0 6.0
4 GM Hansen Eric CAN 2566 0 6.0
5 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E PER 2646 0 6.0
6 GM Navara David CZE 2736 0 G-Team Novy Bor 5.5
7 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2601 0 5.5
8 IM Stopa Jacek POL 2544 0 5.5
9 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2756 0 5.5
10 GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2564 0 5.5
Some games of the round
Top pairings of the 8th round
1 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E 2646 6 – 6½ GM L’ami Erwin 2605
2 GM Eljanov Pavel 2727 6 – 6 GM Naroditsky Daniel 2633
3 GM Hansen Eric 2566 6 – 5½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2756
4 GM Navara David 2736 5½ – 5½ GM Fier Alexandr 2601
5 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2676 5½ – 5½ GM Maze Sebastien 2564
6 IM Stopa Jacek 2544 5½ – 5½ GM Movsesian Sergei 2665
7 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2651 5½ – 5½ GM Danielsen Henrik 2514
8 GM Jones Gawain C B 2642 5½ – 5½ GM Idani Pouya 2496
9 GM Pakleza Zbigniew 2498 5½ – 5½ GM Gupta Abhijeet 2625
10 GM Grandelius Nils 2603 5 – 5 GM Galego Luis 2461
Monday Quiz
Reykjavik Open 2015
Mamedyarov drew and is sharing 1st with GMs Fier and L’ami (5.5 points).
Top results of the 6th round
1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2756 5 ½ – ½ 4½ GM Navara David 2736
2 GM Gao Rui 2533 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2727
3 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2625 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Fier Alexandr 2601
4 IM Stopa Jacek 2544 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM L’ami Erwin 2605
5 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2676 4 ½ – ½ 4½ IM Gunnarsson Jon Viktor 2443
6 GM Pakleza Zbigniew 2498 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Movsesian Sergei 2665
7 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E 2646 4 1 – 0 4 IM Tari Aryan 2509
8 IM Kjartansson Gudmundur 2491 4 0 – 1 4 GM Naroditsky Daniel 2633
9 GM Cornette Matthieu 2585 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Idani Pouya 2496
10 GM Hansen Eric 2566 4 1 – 0 4 GM Rombaldoni Axel 2488
Top players after 6 rounds
1 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2601 0 5.5
2 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2756 0 5.5
3 GM L’ami Erwin NED 2605 0 5.5
4 GM Navara David CZE 2736 0 G-Team Novy Bor 5.0
5 IM Gunnarsson Jon Viktor ISL 2443 0 5.0
6 GM Naroditsky Daniel U20 USA 2633 0 5.0
7 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2727 0 5.0
8 GM Gao Rui CHN 2533 0 5.0
9 GM Stefansson Hannes ISL 2560 0 5.0
10 GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2564 0 5.0
Some games of the round
Top pairings of the 7th round
1 GM L’ami Erwin 2605 5½ – 5½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2756
2 GM Fier Alexandr 2601 5½ – 5 GM Eljanov Pavel 2727
3 GM Stefansson Hannes 2560 5 – 5 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E 2646
4 GM Naroditsky Daniel 2633 5 – 5 GM Gao Rui 2533
5 IM Gunnarsson Jon Viktor 2443 5 – 5 GM Hansen Eric 2566
6 IM Georgiadis Nico 2468 4½ – 4½ GM Melkumyan Hrant 2676
7 GM Movsesian Sergei 2665 4½ – 4½ IM Bekker-Jensen Simon 2462
8 IM Petrov Nikita 2435 4½ – 4½ GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2651
9 IM Wang Yiye 2433 4½ – 4½ GM Jones Gawain C B 2642
10 GM Thorhallsson Throstur 2428 4½ – 4½ GM Gupta Abhijeet 2625


